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While the Yaeyama language was more "conservative" in some aspects, in the sense of preserving certain pronunciations, in other aspects it was more innovative. One example is the vowel system. Old Japanese had 5-8 vowels; this has been reduced to 5 in modern Japanese, but in Yaeyaman , vowel reduction has progressed further, to 3 vowels. Generally, when modern Japanese has an "e," the Yaeyama cognate will have an "i" (this is seen in "puni," above); and<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=973711 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | While the Yaeyama language was more "conservative" in some aspects, in the sense of preserving certain pronunciations, in other aspects it was more innovative. One example is the vowel system. Old Japanese had 5-8 vowels; this has been reduced to 5 in modern Japanese, but in Yaeyaman , vowel reduction has progressed further, to 3 vowels. Generally, when modern Japanese has an "e," the Yaeyama cognate will have an "i" (this is seen in "puni," above); and<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=973711 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | ||
<tr><td><h2>Location of Yaeyama Language Speakers</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Location of Yaeyama Language Speakers</h2> | ||
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